Using NODEMCU Development Kit

The NodeMCU Development Board

What is NODEMCU Development board?

This is similar to using an arduino uno where we have the microcontroller is installed with arduino boot loader and we program the microcontroller with C language using the arduino IDE.

        NODE MCU FIRMWARE                             LUA language                             ESPlorer

 
ARDUINO FIMWARE                                   C Language                                ARDUINO IDE

What does the NODEMCU Development Kit Contain?

The esp8266 NODEMCU development kit comes with a  single NODEMCU(Node Microcontroller) chip.The NODEMCU firmware is installed in the chip and this chip can be programmed using LUA language.

What is NODEMCU?

The NODEMCU is a firmware that controlls the hardware or the pins on the esp8266 using LUA code.A firmware is a piece of software that is written to controll a hardware.

Connecting it to pc?

Download the drivers for the link mentioned to get connected to the pc (https://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBtoUARTBridgeVCPDrivers.aspx). After downloading the files install the driver software(CP210xVCPInstaller) to automatically download and install the drivers. .The driver does also the task of converting the USB to Serail conversion.